Revolving grain-bundle shocker



H.. BAXTER.

REVOLVI'NG. GRAIN BUNDLE SHOCKER. APPLICATION FILED Aue.4, 1917.

1,335,419. v Patented Mar.30,1 920.

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H'. BAXTER. REvoLvlNG @RMN BUNDLE sHocKER. APPLICATION FILED- AUG.4, 1917.

l vv1,3?,5A1 9. Patented Manso, 1920.

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H. ELA TERl REvoLvlvNG GRAIN BUNDLE sHocKER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.4| 1917.

Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

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HARRY BAXTER, OFNENMAN, ILLINOIS.

REVOLVING GRAIN-BUNDLE SIIGCKER.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented llail'. 30, 1920.

Application led August 1917. Serial No. 184,430.

To all whom, t may. concern:

Be 1t ,known that man, in the county of Douglas and State of Illinoishave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Revolving Grain-vv Bundle Shockers, of which the following is a specification. f

Under the prevailing methods in harvesting small grains such as wheat, oats, rye and the like, the crop is cut and bound into sheaves and the latter arejdischarged separately from the binder to be formed intov shocks by laborers who follow on foot be- Two and three men are refast asa binder disand in their efforts to hind the binder. quired to shock as charges the sheaves keep up with the machine the shocks are often improperly formed and will not shed water` from rains, and often at quitting time at night the shockers are so far behind the binder that a multitude of sheaves are left on'the ground unshoclied and exposed to the damages of a sudden rain. Also, with hand shocking Vmethods as above describedk The object also' is to deposit the loose and shattered grain in the shock wherev it will be saved. v

A further object is to provide a simplel and inexpensive device which will not materially add to the draft of the harvester as a whole, butwill even up the side draft which' every binder has, and which will be easy to disconnect from thel latter for moving from one field to another.

I accomplish the above and other objects which will hereinafter appear, byV the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective viewof a binder I, HARRY BAXTER, a citi-V -Zen of the United States, residing at Newfalls to the ground in handling and discharge the shocks in aV with my invention vshown in operative position attached thereto. F ig. 2 is a longitudinal lvertical section of the carriage portion of my invention -showing the shockformers in side elevation, ready to be filled, in full lines, and in two of its positions for dumping, in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a fragment showing a portion of the shock-formerV and its supporting members 'in top plan view. Fig. t is a sidey elevation of the shock-former in one of its positions preliminary to dumping a shock, wherein. its trunnions are raised above their normal bearings, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal central section of the shock-former with a formed shock in its upper end. Y

Lilie characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Referring to my inventionis attached opposite that side of a binder fromv which the sheaves are dropped from the slideway 6.4 The frame 7 of my device is mounted on wheels which aord freedom of movement in all directions, and is connected by means of a clevis 8 with a draft-bar 9 bolted at one end to the tongue 10 ofthe binder and connected near its other end with. the tongue or a portion of the tractor 11,' by means of a diagonal stay-chain 12. The latter may be a cable or i wire or other suitable tie. The two front Fig.` l, it `will be noted that wheels 13, 13, are on an Varched axle 14:,

from the middlel ofwhichV isl Van upwardly rectangular frame comprising a a projecting shaft 15. vThe framey 4is adjustably connected with the clevis 8. The shaft 15 passes through a vertical sleeve on the frontl end of a bracket 16, from frame 7, and the height of the sleeve on the shaft is deter? mined by the position on the latter of a sleeve 17, which is retained by a set screw.l This adjustment, with the one at the clevis, enables the front end of the frame 7 to be` changed to suit the conditions of `the crop harvested.

rlhe front end of the fra-Ine, which frameV is comprised of a pair of parallel. members extending inthe direction lof travel of the binder and a transverse' front end member and a middle member parallel to said front member, is ioored between said transverse members to support the standing operator.

rlhis iioor will preferably be lowered as shown so the operator can reach the bundles or sheaves coming from the binder without stooping; and to make said delivery more convenient araised shelf 18 is provided to receive the sheaves until the operator is ready Alfor them. This shelf is supported by a riser having vertical slots through which bolts are passed into I'rame 7, wherebythe shelf is made adjustable.

The rea-r ends of the side rameanembers are extended upwardly to form risers 20, 20, to the upper rear corners of which the respective arms 21 are hinged Each arm bears by gravity upon a cross-bolt supported by a pair of metal straps 22, supported byV the frame 7 as shown clearly in Figz3. The

metal straps have a series of bolt-holes whereby the positions of the cross-bolts may be changed to vary the height at which the arms 21 are held. At the rear ends of the arms 21 are respective boxes in which the trunnions 23 ot a shock-'former 2a are jour' naled.` The trunnions are `preferably the projecting ends of a single shaft passing through the shock-former. The latter coniprises a pair of hollow conical frustums placed with their smallends together adjacent said shaft. The inner ends are'closed by wooden heads (see Fig. 5), t`o which the' sides which are of .sheet metal., are nailed. The heads are separated a distance equal to the diameter of the shaft and the space on each side of the shaft is filled with any suitable ballast which will 'bear down on a shock contained in one of the frustums, by virtue of the weight of the kballast and shock former. TheV outer open'` ends of the hollow frustums are reinforced' Aby heavy metalbands 26, to which the sheet metal sides are appropriately secured, anda strap-iron band 27 surrounds the joint between the two frustums. Y

Metal straps 28 extend outsideof the frustums from bands 2G, to the shaft. The inner ends are bent in the manner shown in F ig. 3 and are riveted to the shaft, and the outer ends otl the straps are riveted to the bands 26. Additional straps 29, in pairs, are located midway between the straps 23, and are riveted to bands 26 and 27. U- shaped gripping bars 30, to enter the ground when the shock-former is rotated, are se cured at diametrically opposite portions ot the frustums as shown, and are adjustable in the extent of their projection by reason of a series of bolt-holes provided for that purpose.v

Hinged to the middle transverse framemember is a board' 31', which is swung to the rear against adjustable strap-metal angles 32, in which position it is in the path of rotation of thej shock-forming frustun'is and holds the adjacent one.V which is the uppermost one, from dropping down while it is being filled with sheaves and a 'shock formed therein. The board 31 has a handle 33 for its manipulation.

The rear end of the frame 7 is preferably supported on caster-wheels 13, 13, adjustable vertically by changing' the bolts which atitach brackets al to frame 7 toV raise and lower the frame.

The operation of my device is as follows: Assuming the shock-formerto be in the position shown in Figs. l, 2 and 5, the operator standing on the iioor at his station in front, takes the sheaves, one at a time, as they are deposited from the binder on platform 18, and arranges them in the hollow frustum closest to him,with the heads in and butts out, in a solid, compact mass. When it is desired to top the shea with a cap, the iirst sheaf inserted in the frustum is appropriately spread at its base and the other sheaves to c omprise the shockare inserted against the spread one. lVhen the hollow frustum is fullthe support 31 -is swung out of the path oi' the shock-former bymanipulation of handle 33, and thereupon the loaded frustum will drop down by gravity bringing Vits gripping-bar 30` into contact with the ground. As the machine moves forward the vshock-former will turn to a Vertical position on bar 30 as a pivot, and the weight .of the former will compress the sheaves together forcing their butts into the stubble. The conical frustum willr then turn on the diametrically opposite bar 30 Yas a fulcrum and will withdrawfrom the shock, leaving it standing on the ground in a compact perfectly formed condition.

VAll yof the loose grain is.V deposited in the trustum as it is loaded, and remaining in the shock it is deposited with the sheaves in the threshing machine later on.

Tire fingers 36 at the rear end of the opei'ators floor aid in keeping Vthe sheaves from Jfalling out of the frustum during the lowering oit the latter. I have also found it vdesirable to provide a spring 37 to automatically hold the board 31 in position to support the frust'um. This, of course, requires thatv the member 31 be held out of the path of the frustum by hand when the latter is moving to dumping position. The angle of the sides of the cone of the frustums should be approximately the same as shown to cause same to release the shock properly when the latter is dumped.

For short grain where the normal depth of the frustuins is too great it will be reduced by inserting' one or more false ends 40.

n l/Vhile I have described my invention with more or less minuteness as regards details of construction and arrangement and asbeing embodied in certain precise forms, 'I do not desire to be limited theretof unduly or any more than ,is pointed out in the claims. On the contrar I contemplate all proper changes in form, construction and arrangement, the omission of immaterial elements and the substitution of equivalents as cirJ cumstances may suggest or as necessity may render expedient.

I claim:

l. In a grain shocker, a pivotally mounted unit structure comprising a pair of hollow conical frustums having a common longitudinal axis and open at their larger ends, means for rigidly connecting the smaller closed ends of the frustums together, means forming a common pivot for swingingly supporting said frustums, and operable means for holding the unit structure with one of the larger ends of a frustum uppermost during the operation of filling it.

2. In a grain shocker, a pivotally mounted unit structure comprising a pair of hollow conical frustums having a common' longitudinal axis and open at their larger ends, means for rigidly connecting the smaller closed ends of the frustums together, means forming a common pivot for swingingly supporting said fru'stums, means for releasing the unit structure when the uppermost frustum is filled, and means for engaging the ground and for dumping the contents of the filled frustum as the binder moves forward.

3. Inra grain shocker a pair of hollow7 conical frustums having a common longitudinal axis and open at their larger ends and rigidly connected at their closed smaller ends, a forwardly moving support, pivotal means for connecting the frustums with the support said means being vertically adjustable to allow the frustums to rotate endwise and to contact at their ends with the ground, and means for temporarily holding the frustums oblique to the ground while one of them is heilig loaded.

4f. In a shocker for grain'binders, a frame supported on wheels, a pair of hollow conical frustums having a common longitudinal axis and open at theiry larger ends and rigidly connected at their smaller ends which are closed said frustums as a unit having ,pivotally supporting the frustums from the iframe, and means manually regulated for `contacting the frustums with the ground to rotate them on their pivots.

6. The combination with a grain binder, of a frame supported on wheels and having a floor for an operator to stand on, means for removably attaching the frame to the binder, a pair of hollow conical frustums, a (common longitudinal axis-and open at their larger ends and rigidly joined at their smaller and closed ends, vertically adjustable and movable meansV for pivotally supporting the frustums from the frame, manu- ,ally regulated means -for contacting the frustums with the ground to cause them to rotate on their pivots by the forward movement of the machine and a platform carried by the frame said platform receiving the bundles from the binder to be loaded into the frustums. v v- 7. In a shock former, a frame attached to a grain binder, a member pivotally supported from the frame having diametrically opposite cavities in which sheaves are deposited to form a shock, said member being rotated by contact of its ends with the ground as the binder and frame move forward, and

adjustable projections from the ground-con-` tacting portions of said members to secure more positive engagement with the ground. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 20th day of July, A. one thousand "nine hundredand seventeen.

lHARRY BAXTER. [n s] 

